I think this would have many drawbacks ...
Why not simply use some sort of browser already there in the operating
system and then 'right-click' - 'open in darktable' to edit the photo
you like to work with?
Import has many funktions:
- make images indexable: search by EXIF-Values as well as Metadata =>
database is absolute must for adequate response times
- database stores edits (so they are double-saved)
- all imported images are also kept as previews in the cache folder and
kept in sync with the database.
Believe me - you do not want to wait for edited images been shown in a
preview or some sort of lighttable if every single picture must be
calculated every single time you open that folder ...
So for me the current concept makes sense.
just my 2ct
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regards
Bernhard
https://www.bilddateien.de
Lorenzo Fontanella schrieb am 06.10.21 um 17:58:
Evening,
I submit to you some considerations:
DarkTable originated along the lines of Lightroom but with the purpose of
remaining open source and making improvements over the same software from
Adobe.
Today the 2 softwares are almost alternative to each other.
Using DT, I realize (and I'm always amazed) of some functions that other
softwares dream of, I speak for example of the perspective correction
module or of the color search table module that offers the possibility of
selection in absolute values.
However, this function is missing in DT as well as in Lightroom and for
both of them, in my opinion, it is a reason to slow down the adoption of
this software solution.
I'm obviously talking about the lack of a browser integrated to the
software that allows you to simply browse the folders of the HDD and open
the images you want to edit.
In this way you are bound to the import that if it must be done on many
files at a time, slows down the whole process and discourages.
I suggest adding a browser that allows you to browse the folders of the
whole archive without having to import them.
Once you have started to edit the file, obviously the development queue
could be saved on sidecar files, if the modified images have not been
imported.
What do you think.
For me it would be a double option that would facilitate the adoption of
this great software by those who do not want to be forced to work with
databases and forced imports.
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Lorenzo Fontanella
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